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Taking Chance won Kevin Bacon a Golden Globe, the film garnered 10 Emmy nominations and was featured at Sundance in 2009. In my recent experience watching "Taking Chance," at first, I wasn't sure…

…but it didn't take long before I was hooked. If you've not seen it, please do or watch it again, especially as we come up on the Fourth of July.

Wikipedia said;

"One review from The Baltimore Sun, said that it "… is one of the most eloquent and socially conscious films the premium cable channel has ever presented," and USA Today, said "A small, almost perfectly realized gem of a movie, Taking Chance is also precisely the kind of movie that TV should be making.""

"Taking Chance is a 2009 historical drama film based upon the experiences of Marine Lt. Colonel Michael Strobl (Kevin Bacon), who escorted the body of a fallen Marine, PFC Chance Phelps (posthumously promoted to LCpl), back to his hometown from the Iraq War."

Praised in part for not taking a political "side" in the Iraq conflict, this fine film tells us why we should be proud of our Marines and the military in general.

Here in the U.S., we are so fortunate that the founding fathers had the courage to lay their lives, fortunes and sacred honor on the table to give us a chance to live in freedom. May we respect all that have held to, fought for and defended those priceless rights. ##

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"Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm."

– Robert Louis Stephenson

God took the strength of a mountain,
The majesty of a tree,
The warmth of a summer sun,
The calm of a quiet sea,
The generous soul of nature,
The comforting arm of night,
The wisdom of the ages,
The power of the eagle's flight,
The joy of a morning in spring,
The faith of a mustard seed,
The patience of eternity,
The depth of a family need,
Then God combined these qualities,
When there was nothing more to add,
He knew His masterpiece was complete,
And so, He called it … Dad

– Author Unknown

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"There is no passion to be found playing small — in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living."

Nelson Mandela

–Former President of South Africa, 1918-2013/em>

"There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them."

Denis Waitley

–Motivational Speaker and Writer

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Memorial Day for many is about burgers, brats and buns.

Let's remember those who sacrificed for our freedom.

Let's also not let this horrible scandal at the V.A. persist either. Our military and Vets need us, just as we need them! ##

The most dangerous phrase in the language is “we've always done it this way.”

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CFO asks CEO: “What happens if we invest in developing our people and then they leave us?”

CEO replies: “What happens if we don't and they stay?”

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Tony –

My favorite one is from Dennis Gassaway back in my Foremost days.  I don’t know where he got it but…

Motivation is a tricky thing.  What if it works and one or some of your employees are idiots…now what do you have…motivated idiots…how much damage can they do???? 

So before motivation, check the room.

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"Happy Mother's Day" means more
Than have a happy day.
Within those words lie lots of things
We never get to say.

It means I love you first of all,
Then thanks for all you do.
It means you mean a lot to me,
And that I honor you.

But most of all, I guess it means
That I am thinking of
Your happiness on this, your day,
With pleasure and with love.

Courtesy of Nicholas Gordon
At Poems for Free.

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L. A. 'Tony' Kovach